KN move for USCO

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Switzerland-based Kuehne & Nagel International AG (KN) has signed an agreement to acquire USCO Logistics of Hamden, CT, USA, for US$300 mill...

UK putting the pressure on

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New Transportable Pressure Vessel Regulations (TPVR) were introduced in the UK last month and will fully enter into force on 1 July 2001....

High cube flats

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UK-based Clive-Smith Associates (CSA) has developed a high cube version of its 40ft flush-folding Domino Type (4) flatrack design to meet th...

On the SPOT for chemical emergencies…

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Poland has introduced a centralised, nationwide emergency response system for dealing with chemical emergencies, including transport acciden...

Japan relaxes tank container rules

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The Japanese Fire Defence Agency is to suspend a requirement stipulating that tank containers carrying flammable liquids must be individuall...

…Poland aligns with EU hazchem rules

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As part of its preparations for accession to an enlarged European Union, Poland is committed to compliance with the four principal Council D...

Rocore joins ATCN

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With effect from the beginning of this month, Rotterdam-based Rocore Tank Repair & Cleaning BV has become an "acknowledged member" of the As...

More RTGs for Balboa

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Panama Ports Company SA (PPC), part of Hutchison Port Holdings, has ordered seven rubber tyred gantry cranes from Noell Crane Systems for th...

Mindanao up for grabs

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The Philippines' Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA) intends to bid out a 25-year concession for the US$92.6 mill container terminal it is b...

CSX into Venezuela

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CSX World Terminals (CSXWT) has signed an agreement with HL Boulton & Co to acquire 50 per cent of Terminal Port Services CA (TPS), which op...

Showcase in Italy

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The eleventh MOVINT (International Industrial and Mechanical Handling Exhibition) and the second EXPOLOGISTICA (Exhibition of Integrated Mea...

Hold up for Vizag cranes?

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A legal technicality may hold up a contract for the supply of four 20 ton capacity electric level luffing wharf cranes to the South Indian p...

Doleful looks

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Following intensive efforts, the Port of San Diego has succeeded in wooing Dole Fresh Fruit Company from the Port of Los Angeles....

Dunkirk box terminal operator confirmed

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The operation of the container terminal in the Port of Dunkirk, including stevedoring and other shipboard work, has been formally handed ove...

Explosive development

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UK-based Pyroban Group has developed a new concept for the explosion protection of diesel powered lift trucks and other plant operating in Z...

SLOTT machine on song

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CSX World Terminals (CSXWT) reports that Sea-Land Orient (Tianjin) Container Terminal Co Ltd (SLOTT) has achieved a full week of crane produ...

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